Everything you like about pumpkin spice, only in muffin form, with a sweet, crunchy, and subtly spiced streusel topping. The sugary streusel adds a nice crunchy texture to the top of these super-moist muffins. If you’re not a fan of pecans, walnuts or almonds are great substitutions.

Instructions

1Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan. Make the streusel by stirring together the pecans, brown sugar, flour, melted butter, and spices; set aside.

2To make the muffins, beat the butter and cream cheese at medium speed in a stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add the sugars, beating until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the eggs, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed so the mixture is well blended. Stir together the flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and add to the egg mixture, beating at low speed to combine. Stir in the pumpkin and vanilla, being careful not to overmix.

3Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling three-quarters full. Sprinkle with the streusel.

4Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

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